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    ‖Gauche (gōsh), n. [F.]
    1. Left handed; hence, awkward; clumsy.

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    2. (Geom.) Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces.

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    3. Lacking grace and perceptivity in social situations; crude; tactless; socially inept.

    Syn. -- graceless; unsophisticated.

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    4. (Chem.) Not planar; -- of molecules or molecular conformations.

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